Installation system for quickly attaching fastening elements by means of light-curing adhesives

Abstract

An installation system for mounting stationary objects, such as towel holders, shelves, lights, or similar furnishing items, on an installation surface, such as a wall or a ceiling, in particular in rooms equipped with tiles, marble slabs, or similar wall coverings, includes one or more fastening elements, a lighting device, and/or an adhering and connecting agent, wherein the adhering and connecting agent is a light-curing adhesive. The one or more fastening elements can be fastened by introducing an adhering and connecting agent into an adhesive space formed by the installation surface and components of the fastening element. The fastening element has at least one at least partially transparent component for irradiating the adhering and connecting agent.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A fastening element for mounting stationary objects, wherein the fastening element is designed to be fastened on an installation surface by introducing a light-curing adhesive into an adhesive space formed by the installation surface and one or more components of the fastening element, comprising:
 a light-curing adhesive as an adhering and connecting agent; 
 at least one of the components of the fastening element that forms the adhesive space is at least partially transparent; 
 at least one of the at least partially transparent components of the fastening element is formed as a first ring, the adhesive space being located inside the first ring, and 
 at least a second of the at least partially transparent components is formed as a second ring, the adhesive space being located outside the second ring, 
 wherein the fastening element comprises an insertion opening and a main body, the insertion opening, the second ring and the installation surface enclosing a cavity into which a light source which irradiates at least the second ring can be inserted through the insertion opening. 
 
     
     
       2. The fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the insertion opening can be closed by a receiving element. 
     
     
       3. The fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the delimiting surfaces of the adhesive space that are identical to part of the surface of one of the at least partially transparent components of the fastening element runs parallel to the installation surface. 
     
     
       4. The fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fastening element has at least one filling opening and/or at least one rising opening, wherein the at least one filling opening and/or at least one rising opening can be closed with one of the at least partially transparent components of the fastening element. 
     
     
       5. The fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least partially transparent components of the fastening element reflects, refracts and/or diffuses light. 
     
     
       6. A fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said stationary objects comprises towel holders, shelves, or lights. 
     
     
       7. A fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said installation surface comprises a wall or a ceiling. 
     
     
       8. A fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said installation surface comprises tiles or marble slabs. 
     
     
       9. A lighting device for curing a light-curing adhesive, comprising:
 a fastening element as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 a first lighting device having at least one light source, which can be inserted through the insertion opening of the fastening element into a cavity enclosed by a main body, an insertion opening, a second ring and an installation surface, so that the second ring is located in the path of rays of the at least one light source when the lighting device has been inserted into the cavity, and 
 a second lighting device having at least two light sources or an annular light source, and can be placed onto the installation surface, so that the fastening element with a first ring is located between the at least two light sources or inside the annular light source, and 
 wherein the first ring is located in the paths of rays of the at least two light sources or in the path of rays of the annular light source. 
 
     
     
       10. An installation system comprising a lighting device as claimed in  claim 9 . 
     
     
       11. An installation system for mounting stationary objects on an installation surface comprising one or more fastening elements as claimed in  claim 1 . 
     
     
       12. The installation system as claimed in  claim 11 , further comprising an adhering and connecting agent, the adhering and connecting agent being a light-curing adhesive. 
     
     
       13. A method using at least one fastening element, comprising:
 placing the at least one fastening element as claimed in  claim 1  onto the installation surface, 
 introducing the light-curing adhesive agent; and 
 curing the light-curing adhesive agent by irradiation with at least one lighting device. 
 
     
     
       14. The method as claimed in  claim 13  wherein the at least one lighting device comprises:
 a first lighting device having at least one light source, which can be inserted through an insertion opening of at least one fastening element into a cavity enclosed by a main body, the insertion opening, a second ring and an installation surface, so that the second ring is located in the path of rays of the at least one light source when the lighting device has been inserted into the cavity, and 
 a second lighting device having at least two light sources or an annular light source, which can be placed onto the installation surface, so that the at least one fastening element with a first ring is located between the at least two light sources or inside the annular light source, and 
 wherein the first ring is located in the paths of rays of the at least two light sources or in the path of rays of the annular light source. 
 
     
     
       15. A fastening element for mounting stationary objects, comprising:
 a) an adhering and connecting agent comprising a light-curing adhesive; 
 b) at least one of the components of the fastening element being at least partially transparent and forming an adhesive space with an installation surface; 
 c) at least one of the at least partially transparent components of the fastening element forming a first ring, the adhesive space being located inside the first ring, and 
 d) at least a second of the at least partially transparent components forming a second ring, the adhesive space being located outside the second ring, 
 wherein the fastening element comprises an insertion opening and a main body, the insertion opening, the second ring and the installation surface enclosing a cavity into which a light source which irradiates at least the second ring can be inserted through the insertion opening.